"It turns out he is the boss of Jishan!" Upon seeing this, Xuan Yu Feng and Sheng Weiqiao glanced at the guards who stopped the group of women. Seeing the guards nodding slightly, knowing that what they said was true, they all stood up. Blessed, He said politely, "I'm really sorry. We lost a lot of carriages and horses before, so we have no place to put our luggage. Mi Zhen went out to look for strength at the moment, so she won't be here for the time being. Please sit down and wait for us to find someone. Go call him."
When the group of female gangsters saw this, they didn't bother them. After returning the salute with fists, they didn't come any closer. Instead, they went to open a few tables nearby, yelling and asking the waiter to quickly bring the food and drinks.
Since cold dishes and wine can be prepared in advance, they are naturally served faster than hot dishes and hot soup. When the group of female bandits saw the wine, they didn’t even take a bite of the food. They opened the mud seals first, lined them up with big bowls, and drank one after another. On.
Seeing that they were drinking like water, Sheng Weiqiao couldn't help but turned to Juli and said, "I think the breakfast served today is the work of our own cooks. I wonder if there are other foods prepared in the kitchen?"
Ju Li said: "We have prepared bird's nest porridge, simmered deer tendon in a casserole, and goose gizzard soup... Do you want to use it, my lady?"
"You ask the kitchen to put in a few bowls and put a cushion over there." Sheng Weiqiao shook his head and said, "Wouldn't it be harmful to your health if you eat wine directly after traveling all night?"
Juli agreed and went out to give orders to the people below. Not long after, several little maids were carrying ebony lacquer plates and serving food to the female bandit.
Seeing that they were not from the store, the group of female gangsters became alarmed: "Who are you? Where did the food come from?"
When he heard that it was Sheng Weiqiao who gave the instructions, Master Wu turned his head and nodded towards Sheng Weiqiao and said, "Thank you!"
Probably because she has been a bandit leader for a long time, her voice is very cold, reminding people of the rain hitting an iron horse on a cold night, with an icy and cold smell, just like the way she looks over at this moment, there is alienation in the inspection, which is not a normal thank you. Somewhat.
However, Sheng Weiqiao didn't have much hope for the bandit's cultivation, so he didn't feel dissatisfied and waved his hand to indicate that he didn't need to care.
Originally, she said a few words to Xuan Yu Feng and planned to go back to the back, but now that these female gangsters came, they still came to find Rong Suihe. Sheng Weiqiao felt that Rong Suihe was not here, so as the hostess, she It didn't seem good to leave like this, but if she stayed, the female bandit would eat and drink there, and even guess the punches with the help of wine, and she and Xuan Yu Feng would be embarrassed.
"Why hasn't Mi Zhen come back yet?" Thinking like this, she put down the tea bowl in her hand and said to Ju Li, "Ask two more people to look for her and hurry her up. Don't make people wait in a hurry!"
"They are eating." Xuanyu Feng covered her mouth with a fan and reminded her niece softly, "Don't worry, even if Mi Zhen is back now, can you still ask them to stop eating in the middle of the meal?"
Then he said, "If you think it's boring for us to sit here, ask someone to cut the dishes and let's eat some too."
So the aunt and nephew drank tea with Shi Guo and sat in the hall with a group of female gangsters for a long time. Seeing that noon was almost past, Rong Suihe finally rushed back in a dusty state. As soon as he entered the door, he quickly glanced at his wife. , seeing her and Xuan Yu Feng sitting alone on one side, with several guards on guard nearby, intentionally or unintentionally separating them from the female gangsters, he nodded secretly, went towards Master Wu to greet them, and said with a smile: "Master Wu , has been famous for a long time, I didn’t know that the master would be here today, I’m sorry if I missed you from afar, please forgive me!”
Hearing this, Master Wu stood up and clasped his fists and said, "Your Majesty, you are so polite! This reckless person is overjoyed to be forgiven by the Commander-in-Chief and restored to his rightful place. Why dare you bother the Commander-in-Chief?"
Sheng Weiqiao watched from the side and thought to himself, these Jishan bandits are really looking for food. Who just came up and asked about Rong Suihe's absence? Now that I saw Rong Suihe, he said, "Why did Prince Lao bother to bother you?"
However, I then thought that after Xuan Yu and Feng Shi explained the situation, the female bandits were not aggressive, so I thought to myself: "Maybe they have been bandits for a long time and are used to going straight, but they may not mean to look down on us."
While she was thinking, Rong Suihe had already finished greeting Mr. Wu, and a group of female bandits had almost eaten and were about to go to the back room to talk in detail.
"Kang Zhao, ask someone to make a pot of tea and send it over." Rong Suihe confessed his crime to Master Wu, and came over to Sheng Weiqiao and said, "Bring some of your usual pastries... How did you sleep this time? I See, you are recovering well now?"
Sheng Weiqiao stood up and said, "I'm very fine. I'm going to ask someone to bring you some refreshments!"
Because Master Wu was still waiting there, Rong Suihe took a closer look at his wife. Seeing that she was full of energy, he said no more and went to greet the female bandit.
Mrs. Xuanyu Feng watched Sheng Weiqiao instructing her servants to deliver refreshments to the wing. Finally, her aunt and nephew also returned to the back room to go to the room. On the way, she looked around and saw no one around, so she whispered: "I didn't expect that the leader of the Jishan Bandits would be there." It’s a woman.”
"Isn't it?" Sheng Weiqiao didn't think much at this time, and added, "It seems that the atmosphere in Western Xinjiang is really open, but I guess the leader Wu must be very powerful, after all, it is not that easy to be a bandit's family. "
"Qiao'er, don't you think too much about it?" Xuanyu Feng didn't say anything. After following her niece into the upper room, closing the door, and making tea in Juli, she picked it up and took a sip, then squinted her eyes. Asked, "Although Master Wu doesn't meet the standard of beauty that most people in Damu think of, he is also very charming!"
Sheng Weiqiao burst out laughing when he heard this: "Aunt, there are so many beauties in this world who are different from me, and even more beautiful than me! Do I have to be suspicious and on guard every time I see one? I can't live my life like this. Tired! Besides, Mi Zhen is not such a person."
Xuanyu Fengshi said: "I'm not saying that he will fall in love with this big boss. If he is such an unstable person, we would never agree to you marrying him before! The key is, have you thought about it? This Jishan A thief wants to submit to the imperial court, to be precise, he wants to take refuge with Mi Zhen!"
Seeing her niece looking at her with confusion, she sighed, hating that iron cannot be made into steel, "If the leader of the Jishan bandits is a man, it would be like the Gongsun family of Tortoise Island. Then after recruiting people, they will be appointed to the posts that deserve them, and they will be given the rewards they deserve. Just give him a reward, and then let him continue to lead the people to work for the court... This is nothing. But since the leader of the Jishan Bandits is a woman, do you think the court will grant officials to women? "
Sheng Weiqiao said: "If you can't be awarded an official, don't you still have a title?"
"Gaofeng?" Xuanyu Feng said hummingly, "Not to mention that the imperial title is just an honor and does not have much power at all. After she gets the imperial title, will the court let her continue to lead the charge into battle with her old troops?"
"This..." Sheng Weiqiao muttered, "It's probably unlikely! Although there were female generals in the previous dynasty, they were special cases. They were still surrendered alien races. Among those alien races, both men and women can go into battle. We from China are here. But there is no such custom.”
Xuanyu Fengshi sneered and said: "Then it's over? After so many years of hard work, the court just took it all away with a royal seal and some money... Would you be willing to do it for you?"
Sheng Weiqiao laughed and said: "Then she wouldn't say that she wanted to assassinate Mi Zhen, right? Could she still think that she could replace me? Mi Zhen is the emperor's nephew. To put it bluntly, even if I am willing to give up the throne to her, Gao Mi Is the palace willing to let Mi Zhen marry a bandit leader with a reckless background? Even a bandit leader who surrendered to the court?"
"What is she doing in your place?" Xuan Yu Feng said lightly, "Anyone with a little foresight can guess Mi Zhen's future. Even if the two people in Chang'an don't live long enough for him to fully mature, however, As long as he can reorganize the Western Xinjiang army and hold it in his hands before the big change, a real king of Xijiang will not be able to escape in the future! The head of the Wu family has a bad background and cannot be the main wife, but he can be the concubine of Mi Zhen. Isn’t it still vacant? Mi Zhen is not the eldest son of King Gaomi, who can make plans for a big position. Why can’t her future children pass over your children? After all, the Queen Mother may not necessarily be the main palace!"
"..." Sheng Weiqiao frowned for a moment and said, "These are all things that are invisible."
Xuan Yu Feng said: "It is necessary to prepare for a rainy day to avoid regrets in the future."
"But have you ever thought about it, aunt?" Sheng Weiqiao held her cheeks with both hands and curled her lips and said, "Master Wu is not the kind of master who spends all his time in the backyard to compete for power. He is a master who does not give in to women! I raise him like this Even those in the boudoir don’t bother to be a mistress for others, so someone like her who is used to being the master of the house would be willing to be the concubine by herself?”
"Your comparison is wrong." Xuan Yu Feng shook his head and said, "Although you were raised in a boudoir, you have had parents who have protected you from wind and rain since you were a child. You have basically never suffered any grievances. Of course you are not willing to bow your head easily. Yes. But Mr. Wu is in charge of a gang of gangsters at such a young age. Do you think it’s time for Guangming to stop being a humble kid? Not to mention that gangsters always have no bottom line, so what can’t they do?”
He reminded her, "Did you notice? In the hall just now, the group of people from Master Wu's family went directly to sit at the table next to them after we greeted them, and they didn't even come close to us! This was obviously because the guards stopped us. After a while, they knew that Mi Zhen was not at ease with them, and had told the guards not to let them get close to us. If Master Wu was someone who didn't know how to bow his head, would he have kept his distance from us so readily? "
Moreover, "Later Mi Zhen came back, and her greetings with Mi Zhen were not at all angry. For such a flexible and adaptable person, do you think she is the kind of iron-clad master?"
Sheng Weiqiao said: "Aunt, this is different! Then when I was in front of the Queen Mother and other noble people, didn't I have to warn myself to restrain my temper? Besides, we were also very polite to Master Wu and did not say that we deliberately humiliated or despised her, so she Why do you have to go against us with your body covered in thorns? This doesn’t mean you are strong-willed, it means you have nothing to do but look for trouble.”
Seeing that he couldn't convince her, Xuanyu Feng snorted: "Forget it, you must be a good person, and I won't stop you. If you suffer a loss later, you will know that I am doing it for your own good!"
"Of course Auntie is doing it for me!" Seeing this, Sheng Weiqiao hurriedly ran to her side and acted coquettishly, "It's just that we just met Mr. Wu, and we don't even know her full name! Now we are suspicious of her. The news that she wants to be Mi Zhen's concubine is nothing but a joke! Anyway, we haven't arrived in Yizhou yet! Let's wait and see what happens. If she does have ulterior motives later, I won't have to count on my aunt to help her. make a decision?"
Xuan Yu Feng was hugged and rubbed by her, and after a while she calmed down: "Although a slap can't make a difference, an outstanding person like Mi Zhen must guard against others taking advantage of her! "
Sheng Weiqiao disapproved, secretly thinking that Rong Shuihe was much smarter than him. If he didn't change his mind, would he still need to help him guard against the women who wanted to have his ideas? But he nodded repeatedly: "Auntie is absolutely right. You have to teach me exactly how to do it!"
While she was coaxing Xuan Yu Feng, in the side room, Master Wu was dismissing everyone and talking to Rong Suihe alone. She seemed to be crying and laughing, and the first sentence she asked was: "Huan Guanlan is dead, right?" Did you kill him?"